---
title: "P1 zone in Port Coquitlam: Civic Institutional"
place: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-coquitlam
zone: P1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p1.json"
---

# P1 zone in Port Coquitlam: Civic Institutional

Uses of an educational, governmental or institutional nature which provide services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Uses of an educational, governmental or institutional nature which provide services.
- **Main uses:** Child care facilities; Civic uses; Farmers market; Office (offices for non-profit societies); Packaged liquor sales (up to 20% of vendors at a farmers market or artisan market); Parks and playgrounds; Parking lots and structures (not over 95% of the lot area); Utilities (above ground only within enclosed buildings up to 12 m high)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory caretaker; Accessory hobby beekeeping; Accessory liquor lounge (with a restaurant or accessory restaurant); Accessory restaurant; Accessory retail
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Residential use only at Lot 187, Plan 27008, District Lot 289 and 290 (2050 Mary Hill Road); Temporary shelter only at Lot 1, Section 6, NWD, Plan 69316 (1477 Lougheed Highway); Retail sales, restaurant, offices and personal services only at 2150 Wilson Avenue, 2248 McAllister Avenue and 1379 Laurier Avenue
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage 10%
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Front setback:** 6 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (side setback)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (City's online copy, includes CD1 to CD44), s. 5](https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/media/file/3630-zoning-bylaw-2008pdf#page=46) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Coquitlam: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/zoning/p1/_